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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Dr. H. D. Girl has been winning laurels with his fast 
trotters and pacers on the Speedway and on the track. 
u I HAVE been READING YOUR valuable Review and ap¬ 
preciate it very much.”— G. R. Stewart , V. S., Calumet , Mich . 
The McKillip Veterinary College, Chicago, Ill., has 
sixty-two students in attendance this year, a notable increase 
over former years. 
Prof. H. D. Hanson’s book, u Prescription Writing,” is 
nearly ready for distribution, and veterinary practitioners will 
find it a very helpful companion. 
Little is heard of the Veterinary Service Association in the 
vicinity of New York, and there is not much danger of its be¬ 
coming a competitor for practice worth having. 
A PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the by-laws of the American 
Veterinary Medical Association provides for the election of five 
instead of three Vice-Presidents. 
Prof. E. A. A. Grange, of Michigan, has been in New 
York for some time lecturing before the public schools in the 
interests of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals. 
A Curious Delivery. —The Giornale della Reale Societa 
Veterinaria reports the case of a mare which was delivered of 
twins—one a mule, the other a filly ; the mother was white, the 
mule black, the filly bay.—(A. L.) 
Dr. T. E. White, State Veterinarian of Missouri, is a candi¬ 
date for reappointment, and it is hoped that he will succeed 
himself, since he has been a conservative, dignified officer, and 
a credit to his profession. 
The Russian Government is buying up many of America’s 
best breeding horses with the object of improving its own. With 
the English Army as a heavy purchaser of remounts and our own 
government sending ship-loads to the Philippines the surplus 
stock of the country is being rapidly reduced. 
The season for rubber horse shoe pads is at hand, and the 
manufacturers are busy. The Air-Cushion Pad, advertised else¬ 
where, seems destined to take a leading position among them. 
From a veterinary standpoint they are correct, and should re¬ 
ceive the endorsement of veterinarians. 
The New York County V. M. Association has reduced 
the annual dues from $5 to $2, and changed its place of meet¬ 
ing from the Academy of Medicine to the lecture-room of the 
